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“August 2011
We only spent a couple days in Istanbul — had no opportunity to see the rest of Turkey — but we LOVED it there!”
From Turkey, posted by Arlo Midgett on 8/12/2011 (62 items)
- Turkey! Flying! Flying Turkey!
- A random street we walked down, by our hotel
- The very touristy area in Sultanahmet So many people and the vendors are so polite!
- Our guide for Karnak (I think) told us about the missing obelisks that were scattered…
- Our dinner, two nights running
- Istanbul has a lot of public fountains
- Some of these public fountains were even labeled with “Potable water.” We didn’t put…
- Sunset in Sultanahmet
- Every night was like this. Ramadan? Normal? Dunno.
- Hagia Sofia
- The Blue Mosque
- The Blue Mosque
- Corny
- How many times have you come across a fountain down for cleaning or repairs? How lon…
- Good ol’ Ilk Yenilmez!
- McTurco!
- The Grand Bazaar
- Lots of tourists, but very little pressure to buy. Loved it!
- One of many, many halls of the Grand Bazaar
- Such colors!
- Oksana went crazy with the camera
- Twirlin’
- Those blue “eyes” on the end — they ward off the Evil Eye. And judging by how many …
- The hanging lamps were the most beautiful displays
- Stained glass
- The Blue Mosque from the rooftop terrace of our hotel
- More hanging lights
- Gumdrops
- Christmas, I am in you!
- Folded… things.
- Boots
- Antiques
- There. Are. FOUR LIGHT!
- Both Oksana and I agreed: This was the first place in a long, long time that we regre…
- Pretty lights
- Oksana asked if she could take their photo. The one on the right solemnly nodded.
- Turkish Tea (so good!)
- Mosques along the waterfront
- One of many, many impressive mosques in the city
- rawr.
- Tower
- Fishing
- Cool fishing pole holder. I watched a guy study the tip of the rod. He saw the tini…
- Building bridges
- Typical Street Scene, with Tourist
- I must have forgot to download Istanbul into my Offmaps App…
- You know what they say. The bigger the sign…
- Colors
- So much I wanted to try
- Treats
- We bought a quarter-kilo of dried figs, melon, cherries, mandarin oranges, ginger, an…
- Twilight colors
- Kiosks by night
- In Sultanahmet
- Namaz Dinin Diregidir, everyone!
- Hagia Sofia
- Hagia Sofia from our hotel’s rooftop terrace
- How many other countries would print mathematical equations on their currencies? Prob…
- The Kanyon Mall, where we went for McDonald’s.
- Flying back into Istanbul on our way from Sofia to Helsinki (yes, it’s out of the way…
- Mama duck and her ducklings
- Coming in for a landing
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